Changing patterns of antibiotic sensitivity and resistance during an outbreak of meningococcal infection in Jos, Nigeria

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 263-265

  Angyo, I A ^a   Okpeh, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NIGERIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031752088     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.5.263     Document Type: Article

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